Some lovely Dior pieces landed to Color Me Loud Quarters last week, which I gathered from different sources around Europe. All in all I am very excited about this collection, especially on the eyes and cheeks area. I would like to start my reviews with one of my favorites, which I didn't expect to love until the first swipe...

Dior 5 Couleurs #344 Atlantique is host in their signature quint compact, but the middle shade has matting pattern instead of usual CD letters. Atlantique is composed of three blue shades of different undertones and intensity, one glitter shade and a warm bronze/brown shade.

The first time I have seen this quad, I thought I wouldn't be able to pull off the pastel baby blue, nor was I expecting the difference between two other blues showing up on me. I was also a little nervous about the combination with brown. This must have challenged me and I wanted to try it out. I am glad I did. But before we come to that, let me introduce you to each shade.

Close-up: Dior 5 Couleurs Transat Edition #344 Atlantique

Dior 5 Couleurs Transat Edition #344 Atlantique consist of:

Top left: White semi transparent glitter.

Top right: Light pastel baby blue with matte finish. This one has a good intensity and doesn't look chalky on me.

All these shades are insanely pigmented and mostly "matte" (other than the shimmer shade) which make them very wearable. The color combination is very unique (do you know any other palettes which is similar to that one?).

Swatch: Dior 5 Couleurs Transat Edition #344 Atlantique

Here is Atlantique on the eyes. Although blue is not the favorite color on me, I really liked the resulting effect. Here is baby blue on the inner corner, medium blue on the outer corner, brown in the middle and dark blue on the crease. I also used a little bit of glitter shade near my tear duct. Although there are 3 blue shades in the palette, I really like how distinctive they are even after blending. Do I sound impressed? Well, that is because I am.

I am going to post about Sundeck tonight or tomorrow, that is a lovely palette too. It is natural with a twist but maybe not as unique as Atlantique.Sunny, I think you wear blues so well, you should do it more often ;-)) Just a reader's wish!

Ohh i can't believe you got this already and reviewed it too!! You're soo fast, Sara!! Incredibly pigmented you say? Oh gosh, now i'm excited to check them out in person!! Such a refreshing change from Spring's Trianon collection isnt' it? Lovely use of colors.. that pop of brown in the middle is interesting!!

Hi Linda,I am sure you will love Atlantique as much as I do if not even more because on your eyes, it will look even better :-)It was a little trick I played to get these ahead of time and it worked ;-) I love this collection much more than Trianon. It will be hard not to get everything lol

Thanks so much for your lovely comment. I already took photos of Gabrielle and Camelia, which I will post probably next week. I also purchased two more, Riviera and Vendome, so expect these soon too :-) I think until the end of this month, you can find all the shades at the blog, maybe minus Mademoiselle because this one is just not me (not very pigmented and shimmery ;-))

hi! you really made such a gorgeous look...is there anything that does not look good on you?!! i also love you coordinated outfits!! love!! so, i am confused why the u.s. is not getting the complete collection. i was at macy's and the sales associate said she only thinks saks fifth avenue will get the collection. and, it's so limited. there is only the blue quad. i've always bought something from dior's summer collection for as long as i can remember. my local stores have to be getting something before fall.i just can't believe that there will be no summer collection display. along with new bronzers, my local dior counter they has the new lip collection that you just reviewed but the display is half the size of the one you have pictured. they are lovely! interesting though that out of 3 other stores in the mall, macy's is the only 1 who carries those 2 new products. my saks in downtown cincinnati does not have a dior counter at all!! xxxooo to you!!

Hi Wendy,thanks very much for your kind words, I am glad to hear that you found this FOTD inspirational. It is heart breaking to see that companies go more and more local although world becomes more global each and every day. I also had to chase two nail polishes from Dior Spring Collection, which were only released in US. I really don't know about the marketing decisions behind different lipstick colors or different nail polish colors for different countries. I don't want to even start counting all that many beauties which are only released as Asia Exclusives. If you need something, please just send me an e-mail. I will do my best to get these for you here, :-*